{
  "name": "VAULTRADE Dates Trade Index",
  "version": "1.0",
  "reviewed_at": "2026-08-17",
  "commodity": {
    "classification": "HS",
    "code": "080410",
    "description": "Dates, fresh or dried"
  },
  "method": {
    "frequency": "annual",
    "flow": "exports",
    "partner": "world",
    "panel": "five leading reported exporters in each year",
    "base_period": "2023",
    "base_value": 100,
    "formula": "aggregate reported export value / aggregate reported net weight",
    "warning": "Reporter membership and product mix can change. This is a customs unit-value direction indicator, not a matched-product price or quotation."
  },
  "observations": [
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "index": 100.0,
      "reported_export_value_usd_million": 1335.42233,
      "reported_net_weight_million_kg": 606.2654,
      "aggregate_unit_value_usd_per_kg": 2.2027,
      "reporters": ["Saudi Arabia", "United Arab Emirates", "Israel", "Tunisia", "Egypt"]
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "index": 104.69,
      "reported_export_value_usd_million": 1273.84415,
      "reported_net_weight_million_kg": 552.3938,
      "aggregate_unit_value_usd_per_kg": 2.3060,
      "reporters": ["Saudi Arabia", "Israel", "Tunisia", "Egypt", "Netherlands"]
    }
  ],
  "latest_reporters": [
    {"name": "Saudi Arabia", "value_usd_million": 452.21247, "net_weight_million_kg": 351.4890, "unit_value_usd_per_kg": 1.29},
    {"name": "Israel", "value_usd_million": 312.66800, "net_weight_million_kg": 60.5551, "unit_value_usd_per_kg": 5.16},
    {"name": "Tunisia", "value_usd_million": 307.42203, "net_weight_million_kg": 97.5943, "unit_value_usd_per_kg": 3.15},
    {"name": "Egypt", "value_usd_million": 105.57231, "net_weight_million_kg": 22.5461, "unit_value_usd_per_kg": 4.68},
    {"name": "Netherlands", "value_usd_million": 95.96934, "net_weight_million_kg": 20.2093, "unit_value_usd_per_kg": 4.75}
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade/en/country/ALL/year/2024/tradeflow/Exports/partner/WLD/product/080410",
    "https://wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade/en/country/ALL/year/2023/tradeflow/Exports/partner/WLD/product/080410",
    "https://uncomtrade.org/docs/un-comtrade-api/"
  ]
}